Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Helicopters are one of those far off passions of mine & yesterday I had the opportunity to hang out at Civic Helicopters for a couple of hours. I was like a kid asking the instructors a million questions.

Carving these taillight lenses for hours at a time has become very much a chore, I'm having a hard time being motivated to get it done. I'm pretty sure this is the last attempt & I'm confident we know what not to do this time.

Monday, March 22, 2010

Yesterday we officially kicked off the 2010 BBQ season with house full of friends/family & a Grip of good food.

BBQ's are big deal around this house, this year we have a new smoker to break in, freshen up the horseshoe pits and last night our 16 year old Chiminea laid down for good so a new one is on list as well.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

But I'm guessing that's the percentage of Harbor Freight products we really like, use on a regular basis and only cuss out once in a while. However the step bit sets are always great, always on sale & the extra few bucks for the Ti Nitride coated set is definitely worth it.

I just got around to the rear brake reservoir & bracket on this panhead.

The Reservoir itself is a cleaned up ebay after market deal for a sportbike.

The bracket was a bit of 1/2" aluminum plate with two holes via the hand drill, step bits, some flap wheel shaping and a polished finish.

The fit is accurate enough that the resi is just sitting in there waiting to be tacked on the underside or maybe a set screw to hold it in place.